Tidepool to Stars

Just a science nerd, looking from the tide pool to the stars and back. I draw and write about science.

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I dunno, I just really liked these incredibly derpy sharks. I didn't even watch the game.

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UPDATE: Philae's Point Of View

Update 7: 12:58 p.m.

Here’s what Philae saw on its approach, from about two miles above the comet’s surface. The lander appears to have been right on target. 

Follow the Popular Science Rosetta liveblog here.

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Science is amazecakes <3

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Our latest infographic. See the episode here!

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Breathtaking! Enjoy this beautiful Space Vine time lapse captured by NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman aboard the ISS. October 5th 2014

Credit: Reid Wiseman/NASA

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In Rare Sea Snail, Scientists Find Compound That Could Help Cancer Patients

“Frank Oakes is betting his future on a snail. Thousands are suctioned onto the walls of 19 outdoor aquaculture tanks behind his office in Port Hueneme, California, south of Santa Barbara.

Shaped like oblong cinnamon rolls, the black, tan, and striped snails may live up to 60 years, although their population may be dwindling.

“This fragile California resource could be the basis of multiple life-saving drugs,” said Oakes, who is the CEO of Stellar Biotechnologies Inc., a biomedical company.”

Watch the video at QUEST.

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These eyeball sea snails are perfect for Halloween <3!

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Hey, is that a penguin on your pumpkin? We created five great sea creature stencils to use this Halloween, including a penguin, seahorse, sea turtle and hammerhead shark. Print one and give it a try!

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There is also a death for the immortal jellyfish. He is very bored.

Artwork by Chris Gugliotti [webcomic | tumblr]

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<3 this

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Fall is officially here!

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Ridiculously cute <3

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That’s a good glyptodon!

Image from Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations (1866)

Despite the dinosaur-like appearance of it’s fossil skeleton, glyptodon was a relative of the modern armadillo that lived in the Pleistocene and became extinct around 10,000 years ago.

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I <3 this

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Squee!

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New comic up at sciencecomix.com!

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Gaze In Wonder at the Best Astronomy Photographs of the Year

“A total solar eclipse is one of nature’s greatest spectacles so it is no wonder that many people will go to extreme lengths just to experience one. Down on the ground the period of totality, when the Moon completely blocks the Sun, lasts for just a few minutes. Bad weather can completely wreck your chances of seeing it. This is where a plane can come in handy: you can fly above the clouds and chase the Moon’s shadow as it races across the Earth.”

See more photos as io9. 

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Named after Mick Jagger for its luscious lips, Jaggermeryx naida was neither hippo nor swamp pig. More like a weirdly long-legged, horse-faced... hippo-pig... thing.

It was a species of anthracothere, a group of critters that lived between 56 and 2.6 million years ago. As a group, they were relatively close to the ancestors of modern hippos and whales.

Read more here; scientific paper here. Many thanks to Ellen Miller and Gregg Gunnell, two of the scientists who published J. naida, for "peer reviewing" this cartoon :)

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Yesterday's doodle: badger skull

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Some sketches for an upcoming comic about bees!

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The Last Summer ‘Supermoon’ Of 2014 Is Also A Harvest Moon

“Skywatchers, you’re in for a treat. Tonight’s “supermoon” is a pretty special one.

When the moon turns full on Monday, Sept. 8 at 9:38 p.m. EDT, it not only will become the last supermoon of the summer, but also this year’s Harvest Moon — which is a full moon that occurs closest to the autumnal equinox.”